Maryvale Energy from Waste Facility
Veolia and Masdar Tribe are partnering with Opal Australian Paper to develop an energy from waste (EfW) facility. The $600 million project will generate energy from the controlled combustion of non-hazardous residual waste materials – waste that would otherwise go to landfill.
Following combustion, the facility will capture and convert the released heat into steam and electricity, with sophisticated filtering technology ensuring compliance with stringent stack emissions standards.
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Key facts
- Location: The facility sits adjacent to the Maryvale Mill, Victoria’s largest generator of baseload renewable energy. The mill is also the state’s largest industrial user of natural gas and a significant electricity consumer
- Job Creation: 60 full time on-site jobs and 455 jobs during construction (including flow-ons) as well as supporting jobs at the mill
- Environmental Impact: Stage One of the facility's construction would reduce Victoria’s net CO2 emissions by an estimated 270,000 tonnes annually, equal to taking 50,000 cars off the road. This would divert 325,000 tonnes of waste from landfill each year, turning it into energy or recycling it.
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